1792 in Ireland
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Events
- 20 January - Dublin Corporation, as part of the general debate on Catholic Emancipation, approves by majority vote a resolution to King George III of the United Kingdom stating:
- We feel ourselves peculiarly called upon to stand forward in the crisis to pray your majesty to preserve the Protestant Ascendancy in Ireland inviolate...[1]
- 11–14 July - Belfast Harp Festival brings together and records the work of most of the remaining traditional players of the clàrsach. Edward Bunting transcribes the music.
- 3–8 December - Catholic Convention in Dublin, during which, at the motion of Christopher Dillon Bellew, it is resolved that the petition in favour of emancipation should be presented directly to the King.
- 14 December - The Society of United Irishmen circulates a pamphlet Address to the Volunteers, written by physician and poet William Drennan, which the authorities consider to be seditious.[2]
- Belfast Reading Society becomes the Belfast Society for Promoting Knowledge, later to become the Linen Hall Library.
- Beamish and Crawford's 'Cork Porter Brewery' is established when William Beamish and William Crawford purchase an existing brewery (from Edward Allen) on a site in Cramer's Lane used for brewing since at least the 17th century.[3]
Births
- 30 January - John Henry Hopkins, first bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Vermont and eighth Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church in the United States of America (died 1868).
- 23 April - John Thomas Romney Robinson, astronomer and physicist (died 1882).
- 30 June - William Hamilton Maxwell, novelist (died 1850).
Full date unknown
- William Burke, murderer (hanged 1829) and (possibly) his accomplice William Hare.
- Thomas Deane, architect (died 1871).
- Thomas Colley Grattan, writer (died 1864).
- James Arthur O'Connor, painter (died 1841).
Deaths
- 18 February - George Browne, soldier of fortune, field-marshal in the Russian army (born 1698).
- 10 October - Denis Daly, landowner, MP and Mayor of Galway (born 1747).
References
- ↑ Calendar of the Ancient Records of Dublin 14 pp. 241-242.
- ↑ McBride, I. R. (2004). "Drennan, William (1754–1820)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (Online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/8046. Retrieved 2013-08-19. (subscription or UK public library membership required)
- ↑ "Beamish and Crawford". Cork Heritage. Cork City Council. Retrieved 2012-11-02.
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